Life, 1893-05-25 · page 2 of 14
Life — May 25, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising** from an early 1900s issue of *Life* magazine. The main content consists of commercial advertisements rather than editorial cartoons or satirical content. The visible advertisements include: - **Whiting M'FG Co.**: A silversmith business promoting solid silver goods - **Harper's Magazine**: Promoting William Black's story "The Handsome Humes" - **American Hair Cloth Company**: Advertising hair cloth crinoline products, with a warning against imitations - **Flandrau & Co.**: Selling pleasure vehicles (carriages) - **Stern Bros**: Marketing Paris wraps, capes, and Eton jackets at reduced prices - **The Vendome Hotel**: Boston's leading hotel No political cartoons or satirical commentary appear on this page—it's a straightforward commercial publication page typical of early-20th-century magazines.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
* LIFE: re Solid Silver Exclusively. Wi >) Ry ui \ J STERLING WHITING MWFPG CO, Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th St., NEW YORK. The Handsome Humes Is the title of the Latest Story by WILLIAM BLACK The first instalment of this r novel appears in the JUNE Ni Harper’s Magazine Published Monday, May 224. 35 cents a Copy: $4 00 a Year. Published by HARPER & BROTHERS,N.Y. FLANDRAU & Co., 372, 374, 376 BROOME ST. Pleasure Vehicles for Town and Country. All Standard Designs and Novelties. LARGEST STOCK FINISHED VEHICLES IN THE WORLD. ASK FOR Hair Cloth Crinoline, GREY, BLACK AND WHITE, MADE BY AMERICAN HAIR CLOTH COMPANY, CONSOLIDATION OF Pawtucket Hair Cloth Company, American Hair Cloth Padding Company, National Hair Seating Company. ‘The largest Hair Cloth manufacturers in the world, and producing the finest goods. Made from selected imported horse hair. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS Such as Glazed Thread, F zed 4 other materials: they do noi have no elasticity. ad, Fibre ani «resist dampness, and Hair Cloth Crinoline is what you require. Boston’s Leading Hotel, THE VENDOME, COMMONWEALTH AVENUE. Stern Bros are now offering the remainder of their Paris Wraps, Capes, Eton Jackets and Empire Coats including some of the choicest styles they have imported this season at Greatly Reduced Prices Also Travelling Garmen of Silk, Mohair and Fancy Cloths Exclusive Styles. West 23d 5 comicbooks.com